NUR 4052

COMPLEX HEALTH NURSING

This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to people who have multiple and increasingly complex health alterations, including actual or potential life-threatening health problems that require continuous observation and appropriate interventions to prevent complications and restore health. There is emphasis on a high level of synthesis of previous knowledge, setting priorities and managing multiple variables, and exercising leadership skills. Also emphasized is collaboration with other health care providers in promoting health and well-being of clients and their families. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Nursing process and Gordon's Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making.

Units: 6.0